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Get. 10, 1933. L J, GOLDEN 1,929,499

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Filed Feb. 13, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l Oct. 10, 1933. l.. J. GOLDEN 1,929,490

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Filed Feb. 13, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Oct. 10, 1933 PATENT OFFICE UNITED STATES BOX Illinois Application February 13, 1931. Serial No. 515,437 s claims. (o1. .zoo-44) The invention relates to a foldable container, and particularly to a container adapted for holding infants shoes or the like.

' In the sale of articles of this nature the same are held in stock in the usual closed containers, which containers are usually disposed in shelves arranged one above the other. When it is desired to exhibit the shoes to a prospective purchaser, the same must be taken out of the container by the clerk and is subjected to other handling both by the customer and the clerk, resulting in the soiling of the shoe and inotherwisel injuring and marring the appearance of the same. Then again when it is desired to display the shoe, the same must be removed from the container and is either displayed in a show case provided for that purpose or upon the top of a table or the like. In either case it is only a short time before the shoes are soiled and otherwise damaged from injurious handling and from the injurious action of the atmosphere.

Further, it is a distinct advantage in the selling of such articles that they be displayed in such a manner that the prospective purchaser can see the actual design and also the general nature of the article, but, at the same time, in view of the more or less fragile nature of the article, it is necessary to protect it from injurious handling and from the injurious action of the atmosphere.

It is therefore the main object of this invention to provide a container for infants shoes or the like, which will display the article contained therein, while disposed within the container in such a manner that the prospective purchaser can see theactual design and the general nature of the structure of the shoe-without necessitating the removal of the same from the container.

Another object of this invention is to provide a container of the foldable type, particularly adapted for use in holding and displaying such articles as infants shoes or the like, which container is provided with a relatively large transparent front wall through which the articles disposed within said container may be readily viewed without necessitating 'the removal of the article from the container.

Another object of this invention isto produce a foldable container for holding and displaying infants shoes or the like, formed from a single blank, and which is provided with an inclined transparent front wall through which the contents thereof may be readily inspected without removing the same from the container, and which is adapted to be arranged in shelves disposed one above the other without interfering withthe inspection of the contents of the container through the said transparent front wall.

A still further object of the invention is to produce a foldable container for infants shoes 'or the like, formed from a single blank and which is provided with a rearwardly inclined transparent front wall through which the contents of said container may be readily inspected without necessitating the removal of the contents from the container.

A still further object of this invention is to produce a foldable container for holding and displaying infants shoes or the like, formed from a single blank without necessitating the use of any fastening means such, for example, as adhesives or the like, said container being provided with a rearwardly inclined transparent front wall whereby the prospective purchaser can see the actual design and also the general nature of the structure of the article without necessitating the 75 removal of the article from its container.

A still further object of this invention is to produce a container for holding and displaying infants shoes or the like, which container is provided with a transparent front wall through which the contents thereof may be readily inspected, said container being formed from a single blank which may be conveniently packed and transported in a minimum of space, and which Will at the same time be economically manufactured, and neat and attractive in appearance.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a container of the character described for holding and displaying infants shoes in such a manner as to permit the inspection of the contents thereof without necessitating the removal of the same from the container, and a protective cover adapted for association with said container for protecting the same before it is disposed on the shelf for displaying the goods contained therein.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction,V arrangements and combination `Aof parts, hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of the construction may be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention. y

Stated generally, the invention comprises a single blank formed from any suitable material, and scored in a. manner to form, when folded. a sub- 1-10 stantlally heptagonal container, which is adapted to be completely closed by interlocking means without the use of glue or any other fastening means. My improved box construction is intended for general use, but is especially adapted for holding and displaying infants shoes or the like. The said container when in fully assembled condition presents a rearwardly inclined transparent front wall through which the contents of the container may be readily viewed without necessitating the removal of the same from the container and because of the inclination of the said front wall the said containers may be disposed in the usual shelves provided for that purpose, disposed one above the other and when in that position will permit a full and complete view of the contents through the front transparent wall. In order to guard against any damage to the said transparent wall during storage or transportation of the said containers I provide a suitable protective cover adapted to fit over said container and provided with means on one face thereof for permitting the reading of any nomenclature that may be present on the container for designating the style, size and so on of the article contained in said container.

For the purpose of facilitating an understanding of my invention, I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings a preferred embodiment thereof, from an inspection of which, when considered in connection with the following description, my invention, its mode of construction. assembly, and many of its advantages should be readily understood and appreciated.

Referring to the drawings, in which the same characters of reference are employed to indicate corresponding or similar parts throughout the several figures in the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank from which the container embodying my invention is constructed;

Figure 2 is a view in perspective of the blank partially formed;

Figure 3 is a front view in perspective of the container in completely folded position;

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view through the same, showing the manner in which the container is folded; and

Figure 5 is a front view in perspective of a protecting cover for the container.

Referring to the drawings more specifically by characters of reference, the numeral 10, designates generally a blank which may be cut from a sheet of suitable bendable material, preferably of paper board or the like, and from which the container shown in Figure 3 is formed. The blank 10, as shown in plan view in Figure l, comprises a substantially square bottom member l1, two pentagonal side members 12 and 13, a rectangular member 14, which forms the outer face of the end wall of the container, said member having a second rectangular member 15 associated therewith which forms the inner face of said end wall of the container, and the rectangular member 16, which is adapted to be folded at two points intermediate the ends thereof to form a rectangular member 17, at one end of said member 16, and a rectangular member 18, which forms the top wall of the container and the intermediate rectangular portion 19, which is adapted to form a rearwardly inclined front wall for said container.

The side members 12 and 13, are formed at the sides of the bottom member 11, and the front and rear members 16 and 14, are formed at the other edges of the said bottom member whereby as the said container is folded'in the manner to be presently more fully described it will present a container having a substantially square bottom. The side members 12 and 13, are formed at their rear edges with the aps 2O and 21 respectively, which aps are adapted to be turned inwardly and constitute an interior wall thickness for the rear wall of the container.

In a similar manner the front edges of the side members l2 and 13 are formed with the flaps 22 and 23 respectively, which are also adapted to be turned inwardly to form the inner section of the lower front wall of the container, the outer section of which is formed by the overlapping rectangular portion 17. As shownfin the drawings the flaps 21 and 22 are formed with cut out tongues 24 and 25 respectively, and the flaps 20 and 23 are formed with the lock slots 26 and 27 respectively, whereby said flaps may be brought into interlocking engagement with each other as more clearly shown in Figure 2 of the drawings.

The remaining side edges of the side member l2 are provided with the tucks 28 and 29, and the remaining side edges of the said member 13 are provided with the tucks 30 and 31, there being formed lock slots 32 and 33 between the main side member l2 and its adjacent tuck 28, and between the main side member 13 and the tuck 30. said lock slots being adapted for receiving the tongues 34 and 35 respectively, provided on the side edges of the rectangular member 18.

In addition to the above, the rectangular member l5 is formed at its free end with the ap 36 and the rectangular member 18 is also formed at its free end with the flap 37, said flap having a suitable tongue 38 cut therefrom for a purpose to be presently more fully described.

The rectangular portion 16 of said blank is provided with a suitably shaped central opening 39, which opening extends across the full length of the rectangular portion 19, as well as into a portion of the top wall 18 of the container. The said opening 39, is adapted to be closed in any suitable manner by a pane 40 of a transparent material, such as glacine paper, "cellophane or the like, which material, of course, is bendable and will not crack or be otherwise injured when folded to the position shown in Figure 3 of the drawings. Although I have illustrated in the drawings the opening 39 to be of rectangular formation it is to be understood, however, that any other substantially shaped opening may be provided so long as the same will be of suiiicient size to permit a substantial view of the design and general nature of the structure of the contents of the container.

The blank 10, is scored or cut creased to form: Folding lines 41 between the bottom member 11 and side members 12 and 13; folding lines 42 between the bottom member 11 and the front and rear members 16 and 14; folding lines 43 between the side members 12 and 13 and their respective rear naps 20 and 21; folding lines 44 between said side members and their respective front flaps 22 and 23; folding lines 45 between the said side members and their respective tucks 29 and 31; folding lines 46 between said side members and their respective tucks 28 and 30; folding lines 47 between the rectangular portion 18 and the side tongues 34 and 35 thereof; folding line 48 between the rectangular portion 14 and portion 15 formed therewith; folding line 49 formed between the rectangular portion 15 and the end ap 36 formed therewith; folding line 50 formed between the rectangular portions 17 and v19; folding line 51 formed between the rectangular portions 18 and 19; and the folding line 52 formed between the rectangular portion 18 and the ap 37 provided at the free end thereof Continuous with the folding lines 41 provided between the bottom member 11 and the side members l2 and 13 are incisions 53 extending from the folding lines 43 to the end of the flaps 20 and 21, and incisions 54 extending from the folding lines 44 to the end of the flaps 22 and 23, whereby said iiaps will be completely severed from their contiguous rectangular portions 14 and 16.. Y

To form the partially folded box shown in Figure 2 from the blank 10, shown in Figure 1, the side portions 12 and 13 are rst folded on the lines 41 to bring the same to a substantially vertical position. The flaps 20 and 21 are next folded inward on the lines 43, said flaps being interlocked by having the tongue 24 engaged within the slot 26, these flaps 20 and 21 forming the interior wall thickness of the rear wall of the container. The flaps 22 and 23 are next folded inward on the lines 44 and brought into ,interlocking engagement with each other by having the tongue 25 engaged within the slot 27.

VThe end member 14 is then folded on its line 42 to bring the said portion against the interior wall thickness formed by iiaps 20 and 2l. The rectagular portion 15 is then folded along its line 48 and is brought to the position shown in Figure 2, in which position it will form the inner section of the rear wall of the container which may be designated generally by the reference character 55. To securely hold the end wall 55 in interlocking engagement the flap 36 is folded along its line 49 to the position shown in Figure 2, said flap being held in the latter position by means of a tongue 56 struck up from the bottom wall 11. The tucks 28 and 30 then folded along the folding lines 46 to assume a position substantially parallel to the bottom walll 11 and the tucks 29 and 3l are folded along the folding lines 45 to a position at right angles to their respective side members 12 and 13 to the position shown in Figure 2 of the drawings.

When the box has been thus far assembled, the same is ready to receive therein the merchandise to be held and displayed;v which in this instance comprises a pair of infants high shoes 57, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 3. It will be noted at this time that the container is constructed of 'such a size and shape as to readily accommodate a pair of infants shoes in a natural standing position, as shown in the drawings, whereby a clear view of the design and appearance of the shoe may be had.

portion 19 is brought against and parallel to the tucks 29 and 31, said portion 19 resting on said tucks and assuming a rearwardly inclined position. The carton is then completely closed by folding the rectangular portion 18, along its folding line 51 and bringing the said portion 18 to rest on the tucks 28 and 30, in which position the said portion 18 will form the top wall of the container and will be substantially parallel to the bottom wall 11 thereof.

In order to securely hold the container in fully assembled position, the tuck 36 is next folded along the line 44, said tuck being received between the end edges of the tucks 28 and 30 and the inner face of the portion 15. The said top wall 18 is further secured in place by folding the tongues 34 and 35 along their folding lines 37 and inserting the same in the lock slots 32 and 33 respectively. As shown in Figure 3 the tongue 38 cut out of the flap 37 is adapted to protrude beyond the rear wall 55 of the container for facilitating in the pulling out of the portion 16 when it is desired to open the container.

As stated above, the' folding container in its preferred embodiment is made of such a size and shape which will adapt it for receiving and holding a pair of infants high shoes in their normal standing position. If, however, it is desired to use the same container for holding a pair of low shoes there is provided, as shown in Figure 4, a tongue 58 which is cut from the rectangular portion 15, said tongue being arranged when moved to the operative position, as shown in Figure 4, to be effective in engaging the upper edge of a pair of low shoes for the purpose of holding the same in place in the container, thereby preventing the moving around of same in vthe handling of the container.

In order to prevent any damage to the transparent pane 40,"while the container is stored or while the same is in transportation, I have provided a suitable protective cover generally desig-A nated by the numeral 60, said cover being of a size and shape adapted to snugly fit over the container when the latter is in assembled condition.

This protective cover is also collapsible and may be readily formed from any suitable material such as bendable paper board or the like, by the interlocking of a pair of top members. In the embodiment shown in Figure 5, the protective cover comprises the four side members 6l, each of which is provided with an integral flap at the upper edge thereof, said flaps being adapted to be folded inwardly, oneabove the other for closing the upper end of said cover. As shown in Figure 5, the flaps 62 and 63- are provided with suitable interlocking means whereby the same may be engaged as shown at kl64 for securely closing the upper end of said protective cover.

The front wall of the protective cover 60, is provided at its lower edge with a suitably shaped cut out portion 65, extending substantially across the full width thereof, said portion being adapted for permitting, when the cover is placed over the container, the reading of any nomenclature that may be present on the front wall 17, indicating the style, size and so on of the contents of the container.

It will thus be `noted that I have provided a foldable container which is especially adapted for displaying and holding infants shoes or the like,

in holding articles of a more or less fragile nature, whereby the same may b e observed as to design and general nature of the structure of the article without subjecting the article to injurious handling or to the injurious action of the atmosphere.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrangement -of the parts embraced in the present embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear and exact understanding of the same.

It is believed that my invention, its mode of construction and assembly, and many of its advantages should be readily understood and appreciated from the foregoing without further description, and should also be manifest that while a preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and( described for illustrative purposes, the structural details are nevertheless capable of wide variations within the purview of my invention, as defined in the appended claims.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A folding container of the character described having a bottom wall, a pair of side walls and a rear wall, a top wall of less width than said bottom wall, a vertically disposed front wall of less height than said rear wall and an inclined wall for joining said top and front walls, said inclined wall having a central portion of substantial area cut away to form a relatively large opening and transparent means for closing said opening, said top, inclined and front walls being adapted to act as a unit in opening and detachable closing of said container.

2. A folding container of the character described comprising a bottom wall, side walls,

means for locking said side walls in a vertical position, a rear wall, a front wall of less height than said reai` wall, a top wall of less width than said bottom, and an inclined wall for joining said front and top walls, said top, inclined and front walls being adapted to act as a unit for completely closing tile front and top of said container, a means for detachably securing said closure member in a closed position, a substantial area of said inclined and top walls being cut away to form a relatively large opening, and a flexible transparent sheet adapted for securely sealing .said opening.

3. A heptahedral foldable container of the character described having a rectangular bottom wall, a rectangular rear wall at right angles thereto and a pair of pentagonal side Walls, also at right angles to said bottom wall, detachable. means for interlocking said bottom, rear and side walls, and a closure member for the front and top of said container, side edges of said closure member being adapted .to lie against the three free edges of said side walls for completely closing said container, a central portion of substantial area of said closure members being cut away to form an opening extending into'a ,portion of the top wall, and a flexible sheet of transparent material forgclosing said opening.

4. A heptahedral foldable container comprising a bottom, a back, and a pair of pentagonal sides, inwardly extending flaps provided on said sides, and a member integral with the bottom adapted for completely closing the container and for concealing the inwardly extending flaps therein, binding naps provided on said last mentioned member entirely concealed within the container, said member having a central portion thereof cut away to form an opening extending into a portion of the top wall, and a transparent sheet for closing said opening.

5. A heptahedral foldable container comprising a bottom, a back, and a pair of pentagonal sides, and a member integral with said bottom for completely closing said container, said member forming when moved to closed position a lower vertical front wall and a top horizontal wall connected to each other by an inclined front wall, the major portion of said inclined wall and a portion of said top wall being cut away to form an enlarged central opening, and a transparent sheet for closing said opening.

6. A foldable container adapted particularly 110 for holding and displaying a pair oi' infants shoes comprising a rectangular bottom, a rectangular back, and a pair of pentagonal sides, interlocking means concealed within said container for holding said bottom, back and sides in assembled position and a member integral with said bottom arid extending to a point adjacent the upper edge of said back for completely closing the container, said member forming the three remaining walls of said container, binding flaps provided on said last mentioned member entirely concealed within the container, an enlarged central portion of said last mentioned member being cut away to form an opening extending into a portion of the top wall, and a transparent ilexible sheet for closing said opening.

LOUIS J. GOLDEN. 

